TORONTO – Corus Entertainment’s Global announced today it has greenlit Robyn Hood (8×60), a new take on the old legend, created by Canadian music and TV director and filmmaker Director X (Superfly, Mister Tachyon), and written by Chris Roberts (Orphan Black, Frontier).
The new eight-episode series “follows Robyn Loxley, a young woman whose masked hip-hop band, The Hood, is known for their inventive videos and anti-authoritarian message. She lives in Sherwood Towers, a cluster of rental high-rises in a working-class corner of New Nottingham, a near-fi city where the cost of living has skyrocketed, leaving an ever-widening gap between the rich and everyone else,” a description in a press release reads.
“When Robyn finds herself fighting for her home and her family against local property developer John Prince and The Sheriff of New Nottingham, Robyn and her band The Hood decide to fight back, righting the wrongs of the corrupt elite to give back to the people who are living under their regime.”
Robyn Hood is being produced by Boat Rocker, in association with Corus Entertainment. Boat Rocker Rights is in charge of distribution.
Executive producers include Director X, Roberts, Kerry Appleyard (Orphan Black, X-Company) for Boat Rocker Studios, Jill Green (Alex Rider, Magpie Murders) for Eleventh Hour Films, and Luti Fagbenle (Maxxx) for Luti Media.
Robyn Hood is slated to begin production in Toronto and Hamilton this summer and is to premiere on Global in the 2023 broadcast year.
More information, including casting, will be announced later, according to the press release.
“We were immediately drawn to this modern, edgy interpretation of a classic legend that feels relevant to today and unlike any series we’ve launched on Global,” said Lisa Godfrey, senior vice-president of original content and Corus Studios, in the release.
“With the creative vision of Director X and the innovative team at Boat Rocker, we can’t wait to see them bring this striking new drama to life,” she said.
“This is the perfect time to modernize Robin Hood. We are currently living in the gilded age 2.0, where billionaires have way too much and the poor have far too little,” said Director X. “We need someone to fight for justice!”
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